Oliveira going to Abu Dhabi late

[moosaev]

It just seems like you're dead set on khabib's opinion being the correct one, which is fine, but doesn't exactly leave much wiggle room for a conversation.

I already explained why I brought up Khabib’s opinion, for some reason you decided to ignore my explanation.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Apparently won’t be there for another week or so. Which basically means 2 weeks or possibly less time to acclimate. Is this a mistake?

Khabib claims you need at least 1 month to fully acclimate and I believe islam has already been there for a couple weeks.

He could have never left after losing the first time. Doesnt matter he's getting smashed

 

[RoyJonesJr]

Bet the house on Islam. Charles is in a LOT of trouble. He's drawing from the Ben Askren School of "never learn anything new" and that's not a good idea

At this point, I think he can watch it a million times

Islam having better distance control than Volk, someone who dusted Max twice using his elite footwork to get in and out is all I need to know


Islams defense is too good, Charles was pushing forward but couldn't land a single clean shot that's why he got desperate in the second and got dropped

Im sure by now he's seen some extra combos he can drill, but I doubt he can land them clean on Islam who will tag you and be out of striking range before you can counter

 

[ocfightfan]

Hell yes it's a mistake. The only question is how big of one, and how it will affect the fight. Jet lag is no joke and he's going to be jumping right into weight cutting which is an activity he's had trouble with in the past.

 

[emefer]

Time difference and jet lag bud, he’s traveling half a world away and then immediately cutting weight.

With the amount of traveling I do I guess I’m never acclimated. No wonder I’m all fucked up

 

[Deleted member 585708]

Acclimate to what? It’s indoor at sea level.

I'm guessing they're talking circadian rhythm?

It is the 'wrong way' round the Earth to get from USA to Abu Dhabi, jet lag is way worse going East, and it's a tremendously long flight.

It's a bit of a risk, to be honest.

 

[Conan the K-9]

Do you honestly believe he's had enough time to close the gap in skill? Especially if he won't even watch the first fight?

Really?

If so, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale, great price!

The point is not believing in something, the point is he does not need to be telling or explaining us anything.
I have not seen his opponent either exposing his training and or what skills he has been working on anywhere. Maybe he is not training at all? Who knows, maybe we should be worried.

 

[Neck&Neck]

Still like 3 weeks till this card, too long man
Crazy ratio of Magomedov to Muhammad on the card (I know it means same thing) lol
I forgot Trevor Peek was fighting on thIs one
Bless

 

[fortheo]

The point is not believing in something, the point is he does not need to be telling or explaining us anything.
I have not seen his opponent either exposing his training and or what skills he has been working on anywhere. Maybe he is not training at all? Who knows, maybe we should be worried.

Both of them have been unusually reserved in regards to how they feel about this rematch

 

[Kb7]

Time difference and jet lag bud, he’s traveling half a world away and then immediately cutting weight.

Well then that’s on Oliveira, Oliveira has been dieting this entire camp and the “cutting” of weight doesn’t start till Sunday of the fight week in terms of water loading and cutting down fluid intake and calories but the true weight cut isn’t till the day before weigh ins, Oliveira is not landing in Abu Dhabi 3-4 days before the bout, unless he’s a idiot. Oliveira is a veteran and has fought literally around the world from Canada to NZ. This isn’t his first time Abu Dhabi and if he’s not taking the into account the jet lag etc, that’s on him.

 

[Kb7]

All facets of the sport? Khabib pulled out of a lot fights. It got so bad that during the last 7 years of his career, he only managed to make it to the cage 8 times.

When the fight with Tony Ferguson became a reality at UFC 209, Khabib couldn't make weight and took the cowardly way out by not telling anybody in the UFC. Instead, he just no-showed the weigh-ins and scurried off to a random hospital, where the ER doctors determined that there was nothing wrong with Khabib. He was simply dehydrated and wasting their time, so he was discharged after receiving an IV.

Prior to the UFC, Khabib was a welterweight. He struggled to make 155 throughout his career in the UFC. It got to the point where Khabib could only make weight on an Abu Dhabi scale with their generous weigh-in technique.

Wtf, Khabib only fought in Abu Dhabi TWO times in his career, he’s fought his entire UFC run in the US, Brazil & Canada. Did struggle making weight and or injuries throughout his career, sure. But he has officially missed weight only once in his career. That’s like saying Max missed weight because the NY commission pulled him from the Khabib bout because they weren’t use to seeing big weight cuts compared to Boxers cutting 5-12lbs. Oliviera has missed more times than Khabib.

 

[UFC666]

He seems to think that him being homesick has more negative effects on his performance than acclimation issues do. We have no way of knowing if that is true or false in his case.

What homesick? He's bringing with him like a half of his hometown last time, lol.

 

[J Danger]

Time difference and jet lag bud, he’s traveling half a world away and then immediately cutting weight.

I landed there after a fifteen hour flight and worked a twelve hour shift an hour later. He’ll be fine.

 

[Rektkid]

I like how Oliveira is saying things in the media that come across as him being ill-prepared and people are falling for it. It's pretty clear he's keeping his cards much closer to his chest this time and I think that's a smart move.

Both fighters know the magnitude of this fight and I think that's why both are unusually subdued this time around. It's difficult to get a read on what changes they are planning on making but I think they will look to mix things up a little.

I think there will be less trash talk this time, they really began to like and respect each other after their first fight which is always good to see.

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Apparently won’t be there for another week or so. Which basically means 2 weeks or possibly less time to acclimate. Is this a mistake?

Khabib claims you need at least 1 month to fully acclimate and I believe islam has already been there for a couple weeks.

Yes. It could be a money thing. It's probably expensive to stay in Abu Dhabi a month with a camp there. Khabib and Islam have/had big money behind them (rumored), so they do what they need to do to win without as much regard for money.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

The point is not believing in something, the point is he does not need to be telling or explaining us anything.
I have not seen his opponent either exposing his training and or what skills he has been working on anywhere. Maybe he is not training at all? Who knows, maybe we should be worried.

That's nice.

Refusing to watch the fight is going to burn him and Islam is going to destroy him worse than the first time.

When it happens, think back to this and then maybe think about how wrong you are, okay?

 

[moosaev]

I landed there after a fifteen hour flight and worked a twelve hour shift an hour later. He’ll be fine.

Yeah, working a shift is exactly like fighting a high level professional combat sport that requires peak physical condition, great analogy buddy.

 

[J Danger]

Yeah, working a shift is exactly like fighting a high level professional combat sport that requires peak physical condition, great analogy buddy.

he has time to acclimate, sport. Or are you so daft that you don’t think an athlete in peak physical condition could handle that?

 

[moosaev]

he has time to acclimate, sport. Or are you so daft that you don’t think an athlete in peak physical condition could handle that?

That’s the point, he probably doesn’t have time to acclimate for optimal performance. He’s gonna need every edge he can get against islam (who will have been in Abu Dhabi for 6 weeks by the time they fight). You’re talking about Oliveira just making it to the octagon, I’m talking about him being in peak condition.

 

[J Danger]

That’s the point, he probably doesn’t have time to acclimate for optimal performance. He’s gonna need every edge he can get against islam (who will have been in Abu Dhabi for 6 weeks by the time they fight). You’re talking about just making it to the octagon, I’m talking about being in peak condition.